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Virginia transformation office speeds HUD disaster grant processing, spotlights Petersburg work and other agency support
Summary
Chief Transformation Officer Robert Ward described steps the office took to accelerate a HUD Community Development Block Grant for disaster recovery and summarized the office’s role in coordinating federal and state funds, supporting Petersburg redevelopment and other statewide initiatives.
Robert Ward, chief transformation officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia, updated the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee on the transformation office’s work to coordinate state and federal recovery funding, accelerate grant delivery to storm‑impacted communities and support local revitalization efforts such as the Partnership for Petersburg.
Ward said the administration created an Office of Recovery and Rebuilding after recent storms in Southwest Virginia and that the transformation team worked with the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), HUD and localities to compress the standard HUD Community Development Block Grant process. He said HUD offered a roughly…
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